מָלַח

Strong’s Definition

properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root; also as denominative from H4417 (מֶלַח)

KJV Usage

[idiom] at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to tear away, dissipate
• 2.(niphal) to be dispersed, be dissipated
• 3.(qal) to salt, season
• 4.(pual) to be salted
• 5.(hophal) to be rubbed or washed with salt
• 6.to salt, season

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mâlach; Pronunciation: maw-lakh'